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True Story
Yesterday, the King Edward Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi reopened after 40 years and after a $90 million renovation, thanks in large part to former New Orleans Saint Deuce McAllister and the Louisiana… more →
True Story
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday, the King Edward Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi reopened after 40 years and after a $90 mil … more →
BREAKING: Mayor Jacques Roy Announces Historic Agreement in Downtown Hotels Initiative
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 3 weeks ago: See the full press release here: http://tinyurl.com/ygpdqxb … more →
36 Hours in Central Louisiana
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 3 weeks ago: Borrowing from a regular feature in The New York Times, here’s one local’s perspective o … more →
Giving Thanks and Other Observations
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 4 weeks ago: First, on this Thanksgiving, a special thank you to Dale Genius and the Louisiana History Museum for … more →
Hook, Line, and Sinker: Part One
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 1 month ago: By way of background, as I said a couple of days ago, I took the bait, and last night, Ms. Underwood … more →
Realistic Rail Options for Louisiana
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Drew Ward wrote 4 months ago: There has recently been a decent amount of discussion regarding the possibility of high speed rail i … more →
Tea Party FAIL
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 8 months ago: Yesterday, a few scores of concerned and confused American patriots protested the Bush taxation poli … more →
Let's Talk History
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 10 months ago: Update: Thanks, in part, to the attention of some of my dear readers and contributors, a local non-p … more →
Drew Ward: CenLa Needs to Be Walkable and Bikeable
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Drew Ward wrote 11 months ago: A sign at the front gates of Louisiana College proclaims “Pineville: A Great Place to Call Home. … more →
The Wisdom of the New Library
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 1 year ago: With all due respect to the men and women who decided to invest our taxpayer dollars in order to con … more →
NYT: Louisiana's African-American Heritage Trail
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 1 year ago: Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu, NY Times Today’s New York Times features a great articl … more →
Alexandria's "Walkability"
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 1 year ago: Once upon a time: A diarist on DailyKos refers us to WalkScore.com, which offers a walkability index … more →
Historic Alexandria: The Hotel Bentley
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 1 year ago: PLEASE NOTE: This post will be a constant Work In Progress. Despite its trials and tribulations thro … more →
The Gambit: Chris Hazel's Prostitution Legislation
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Lamar White, Jr wrote 1 year ago: Pineville Republican Representative Chris Hazel wants to know what sexual intercourse means. Okay, t … more →
Government Work
Drew Ward wrote 1 year ago: The Role of Government in Development We often find ourselves in an interesting quandary when debati … more →
"'and you shall be upheld in more than this!'"
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Daniel T. Smith wrote 2 years ago: It would have been in vain for Scrooge to plead that the weather and the hour were not adapted to pe … more →
Local Red Cross to Purchase Historic Cotton Brothers Building
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Daniel T. Smith wrote 2 years ago: The Central Louisiana Red Cross is planning to purchase and renovate the historic Cotton Brothers Ba … more →
Rebirth in Downtown Alexandria
Lamar White, Jr wrote 2 years ago: TOMORROW, OCTOBER 12, 2007, Alexandria welcomes one of the best musical acts in the nation, Louisia … more →
An Update from Alexandria
Lamar White, Jr wrote 2 years ago: On Thursday, October 4, 2007, John C. Ashley walked into the Giordano and Giordano Law Office in Dow … more →
